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	Nutrition • 1 Hour Individual Weight Loss / Management Plan • One to One or Small Groups                                      • Get an individualised eating plan tailored to your lifestyle • Using real food - no pills - supplements • Understsand food! Read your Labels! • Look for hidden food additives / chemicals!                       • Eating Out - basic principles in choosing from menus wisely • Simple Recipes How do you rate your own diet at the moment? Can you relate to the following? When? Tiredness On walking Poor concentration At school / work Lack of enthusiasm Towards work / exercise? Irritability With the children / your partner Light headedness Pre-menstrual Sweet cravings During stress periods / in the afternoon All these symptoms can relate to some fault in your diet. These can all be helped / eliminated by tailoring your diet to suit you. At Body focus Ireland we offer you a safe effective programme that suits not just you but the whole family.   Our Aims   Balance Despite what quick weight loss diets and books may say, the only sensible way to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight permanently is to eat less and balance your food intake with physical activity.  It takes time and hard work but is so worth it.   Variety A balanced diet is one that includes a variety of every food group. Portion size is critical to achieve the correct balance for your body.   Labels At Body Focus we will educate you in understanding food labels, checking for hidden sugars, saturated / hydrogenated fats / chemical sweeteners / salt and additives.   Eating Out Learn to make the right food choices in restaurants.  Simple Guidelines to make your meal out a pleasure.  Choose healthy options and avoid the high calorie pitfalls.   Holidays We all anticipate the holidays but dread the ”inevitable” weight gain.  Learn to avoid the holiday weight gain, sensible eating and physical activity throughout your holiday will prevent this.         Remember Dietary and lifestyle changes must not be a short time venture and should easily fit into day to day routines. We need to understand how to make the best food choice in any situation whilst living a normal life and yet still achieve our goals. We must also look after our long term good health and be as fit on the inside as we do on the outside! Changes in diet and exercise behaviour is the key to successful weight loss and weight management. >> back to top At body Focus we say No to Yo-Yo Dieting! Don’t fall into the trap of yo- yo dieting.  It is a self roller coaster ride, which can be detrimental to your self belief and will put you on the wrong side of a losing battle with your weight! To give you an example of this roller coaster ride, we will look at one scenario.         ‘June’ who wants to lose a stone for an upcoming wedding hears about the ‘all new latest craze - lose ten pounds in 3 days.  This promises you that if you eat just the right combination of foods, a set of chemical reactions will ensue, which will simply make the pounds melt away.  So armed with this knowledge, June heads to the shops to buy this medley of food.  She spends 3 days eating beetroot, ice cream, corn on the cob and dry toast on day 4.  Wow June is an incredible 9 pounds lighter.  BUT NOT FOR LONG. June returns to her normal eating pattern and slowly the weight creeps back on and even worse. June now weights 1 pound heavier than when she started!           >> back to top So what's wrong? Chemical diets and other diets which promise radical weight loss in a very short time have one thing in common: They all rely on dehydrating the body in order to deliver on their promise. Carbohydrates are stored in the muscles and liver as glycogen and every part glycogen is stored with 3 parts of water. When you embark on these magic weight loss plans you rid your body of its stored glycogen and with, as a result, its stored water. And yes that magic weight loss is almost entirely water. Why weight any longer? Get off the roller coaster ride - start eating a balanced diet - feed your body, ironically only then will your begin to lose the weight you are punishing yourself over. Stop the torturous restrictive diet where you only emerge possibly a few pounds lighter from shedding stored water and end up with a slowed and confused metabolism.  This is why so many women find their weight creeping higher and higher on the scales with each subsequent fad diet they embarked upon. Get on a balanced diet, with a good exercise plan (remember muscle is metabolically active meaning it burns calories) so LOSS of muscle equals a slower metabolism. 1 Hour Nutrition Session • One to One  (individual session)                                                                    • Small groups i.e. (husband/wife) (mother/daughter/son) (friends) etc.                                                                    • Weekly Weigh in                                                                     • Body fat Analysis every 3 weeks                                                                    • Daily dietary/exercise  logs • Doctor’s clearance necessary if suffering from an medical condition.                                                               Book your nutrition session now! >> back to top